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TDF 2020 - Stage 11 Châtelaillon-Plage - Poitiers 167.5 km *Spoilers*

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  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,023
    edited September 2020
    Incidentally, I'd have thought a bigger break would have suited Bennett in terms of intermediate sprint points being hoovered up.
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  • Lanterne_RogueLanterne_Rogue Posts: 3,692
    Brutal from Millar just then:

    "French TV were talking about what was going through Ladagnous' mind at a moment like this-"
    "Regret."
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  • ProssPross Posts: 34,846
    DeadCalm said:

    Incidentally, I'd have thought a bigger break would have suited Bennett in terms of intermediate sprint points being hoovered up.

    I think he's comfortable he can finish in front of Sagan an increase his lead.
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,378
    I think I have just emerged from a Coma....
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  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 12,947
    Very tour de France vibe today
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ProssPross Posts: 34,846
    edited September 2020
    Wrong thread sorry
  • inseineinseine Posts: 5,786
    Poor old Muhlberger, painful to watch
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  • Harry182Harry182 Posts: 1,168
    Sam making intermediate sprint look easy.
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,023
    Pross said:

    DeadCalm said:

    Incidentally, I'd have thought a bigger break would have suited Bennett in terms of intermediate sprint points being hoovered up.

    I think he's comfortable he can finish in front of Sagan an increase his lead.
    Good call.
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,023
    edited September 2020
    Popped over to T-A for a bit. See poor old Ladagnous' torment continues. If I were him, I'd be tempted to hide in the bushes until the peloton has gone past.
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • ProssPross Posts: 34,846
    Wind becoming a possible concern according to Stephens. I don't see it myself but live in hope. I suspect teams are just reaching that stage where they want to be near the front in case of mishaps.
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,378
    inseine said:

    Poor old Muhlberger, painful to watch

    He looks like he's auditioning to be one of Pinot's domestiques, next year.
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  • ProssPross Posts: 34,846
    Never seen someone so happy to get caught.
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,023
    Pross said:

    Wind becoming a possible concern according to Stephens. I don't see it myself but live in hope. I suspect teams are just reaching that stage where they want to be near the front in case mishaps.

    Ineos not on the front = echelons not imminent
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • ProssPross Posts: 34,846
    Muhlberger finally calls it a day.
  • TheBigBeanTheBigBean Posts: 17,743
    Brian Smith was talking up Sagan's ability to get points back in the mountains. I don't think he has seen the profiles and placing of the intermediate sprints.
  • ProssPross Posts: 34,846
    Crash, Ion Izaguirre looking in bad shape.
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,378
    edited September 2020
    Looks awful.

    He really doesn't have any luck with crashes at Le Tour.

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  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 5,713
    Pross said:

    Crash, Ion Izaguirre looking in bad shape.

    Just turned on to see him sat on the side of the road. He didn't look in a good way at all. Has now abandoned.
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,378
    JJ Rojas wins today's "distress your kit" award.
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  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 5,713
    Looked like an EF soigneur trying to hand out feedbags at 18 kms to go! No one took the bait though!
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 20,378
    Boulting starting to get on my nerves.
    Useless at rider recognition and now talking bo!locks about the race looking different because it's September.
    IF it looks at all different, it's in respect of the crowds, not the bleeding shadows.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,023
    blazing_saddles said:

    Boulting starting to get on my nerves.
    Useless at rider recognition and now talking bo!locks about the race looking different because it's September.
    IF it looks at all different, it's in respect of the crowds, not the bleeding shadows.

    He's still not Kirby though.
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,023
    Cousin looking like he's itching to make a move off the back.
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,190
    Got attacked by a "Bora Hansgroe" rider on the downhill today...cheeky sods!

    Doesn't look like I missed anything
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctorsmididoctors Posts: 12,947
    Yeah take a flyer
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,190
    edited September 2020
    Jungles not a complete impossibility from here....

    Edit: I didn't say it was likely!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 25,190
    Oooh Peter!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 22,758
    Bit naughty from Sagan?
  • Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 5,713
    Spinters all across the road.
    Sagan being naughty.
    Caleb from big Sam
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